WHO has made extraordinary progress in its bold reform agenda over the past decade. Innovative leadership, managerial structures and...

Today the Member States of WHO elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the new Director-General of WHO. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...

Some of the world’s largest funders of medical research and international non-governmental organizations today agreed on new standards...

Monks are promoting healthy diets and physical activity. Finance officials are taxing tobacco and alcohol. Local health workers are...

Almost half of all deaths globally are now recorded with a cause, new data from WHO show, highlighting improvements countries have made...

More than 3000 adolescents die every day, totalling 1.2 million deaths a year, from largely preventable causes, according to a new report...

This independent report, commissioned by WHO and written by Sir Liam Donaldson, reflects on the trends, achievements and challenges in...

The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti today visited Kinshasa (DR Congo) to discuss with national authorities and...

WHO is improving transparency and accountability with the launch of a redesigned Programme Budget Web Portal that makes budget and...

WHO is concerned by the chronic shortage of funding for life-saving work in Somalia in response to the ongoing drought that has plunged...